Etymology

singing

sing·ing
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Today it means: The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. Full definition →

Middle English syngyng
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsyngyng
  2. English todaysinging

From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.